Author: Himalaya Post

The Kathmandu Police arrested five persons alongside over one million pieces facemasks they were dealing to sell on the black market. Police have intensified a search against the black-marketing of daily essentials and emergency goods including the facemask lately. According to Kathmandu police chief Uttam Raj Subedi, police seized the masks along with a vehicle (Ba 7 Cha 7263) at Milanchok near Kapan in Kathmandu on Sunday evening. The arrestees are Tekram Shrestha, 30, of Okhaldhunga; Sanjay Regmi, 34, of Bara; Ajim Bax Miya, 26 of Chitwan; RDG International Suppliers’ proprietor Suraj Goyal, 24 of Kathmandu and the same company’s co-founder Indian national Suvas Maheshwari, 37. Police shared that they were found running the shop depot in a rented house in Chandragiri municiplaity-10. They were found to have been selling each piece of facemask at Rs 31 against its actual price of Rs 3.25, police...

Subhanu Acharya All individuals who had their health checkups tested negative for Covid-19 in Nepal till Sunday, an official at the Ministry of Health and Population said. Chief Consultant at the Ministry Dipendra Raman Singh said that the test of all 467 individuals is negative. At a programme organised by Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) here on Monday, provision of intensive care treatment is managed in three hospitals in the country adding that experts have been deployed for the treatment. Similarly, Director of Shukraraj Tropical Hospital Dr Basudev Pandey said that proper attention of personal hygiene and community health could help prevent the infection of corona virus pneumonia. Dr Pandey suggested the general public for the use of facemask, sanitizer and intake of healthy food. Similarly, Chief Scientist of NAST Kanti Shrestha urged the public for the consumption of foods that are rich in vitamins C, D and E adding that they would help individuals to prevent the infections from different...